It produces Arabic programmes in Paris, and airs 24 hours per day to audiences in the Middle East and Maghreb over local FM transmitters, shortwave, satellite and on its website.
[2] InJune 1968, after obtaining the agreement of Prince Rainier III of Monaco, contacts were made with Nicosia Radio to establish a broadcasting antenna on Cape Greco in Cyprus.
SOMERA, which manages RMC Middle East, is funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the tune of 28 million francs per year.
This situation, combined with a chronic deficit and a sharp drop in advertising revenue, made a major restructuring of the radio station necessary in the 1990s.
THEApril 4, 2008, the holding company Audiovisuel extérieur de la France was created under the impetus of the President of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy, elected the previous year.
RMC Moyen-Orient and then Monte Carlo Doualiya are the trade names of the Société Monégasque d'exploitation et d'études de radiodiffusion (SOMERA).
From 1972 to 1996, the latter was 90% owned by the Société financière de radiodiffusion (SOFIRAD), which manages the French State's interests in radio and television stations, and the remainder by Monaco .
In 2005, the budget of RMC Middle East was 11 million euros, financed by its parent company, Radio France Internationale, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 2013, Monte Carlo Doualiya employed 48 permanent journalists based in Paris, and relied on a network of 67 correspondents around the world.